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12 Derek Robertson

  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 200
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Quarterback
  • Hometown Hartsdale, NY
  • Highschool Iona Prep / Bridgton Academy
  • Prev School Maine

Biography

2025 (Graduate Student)
  • Team Captain 
  • Completed 34-of-45 passes for 491 yards and 4 touchdowns in the win over Colgate (8/29)
  • Had a 75.6 passing percentage with a long of 70 in the season opener against Colgate (8/29)
  • Stats Perform FCS Preseason Walter Payton Award Watch List
  • East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List member
  • FCS Football Central Preseason All-America First Team
  • Phil Steele Preseason All-America First Team
  • Phil Steele Preseason CAA Offensive Player of the Year
  • Phil Steele Preseason All-CAA First Team
  • Preseason CAA Offensive Player of the Year
  • Preseason All-CAA First Team
  • Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America First Team
2024 (Senior)
  • FCS Football Central All-America Third Team
  • Stats Perform FCS All-America Third Team
  • Associated Press FCS All-America Honorable Mention
  • Phil Steele Fourth Team All-America and First Team All-CAA
  • Stats Perform Walter Payton Award Finalist (6th in voting)
  • CAA Offensive Player of the Year and All-CAA First Team selection
  • FCS All-ECAC Offense and ECAC DI FCS Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2024-25 Paul G. Gaffney II Male Athlete of the Year
  • Ended the regular season as the FCS leader in total passing yards (3,937) and passing yards per game (328.1)
  • Set the Monmouth single-season records for passing yards (3,937) and passing touchdowns (31)
  • His 3,937 passing yards are the third-most in CAA history
  • His 31 passing touchdowns led the CAA and ranked third in the FCS at the end of the regular season
  • Led the FCS in total offense per game (325.3)
  • Finished the year 283-for-435, a 65.06 percent completion percentage, with 31 touchdowns and six interceptions
  • Had at least one touchdown pass in every game, including six games with at least three TD passes
  • Totaled at least 350 passing yards seven times
  • Team Captain
  • Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention 
  • Phil Steele Preseason All-CAA Fourth Team
  • Completed 27-of-42 passes for 390 yards and threw for three touchdowns in the season opener at Eastern Washington
  • His 390 passing yards were the most for a Monmouth QB in a debut performance and are tied for sixth in a single game in MU history
  • Threw for 355 yards and four touchdowns on 24-for-36 passing against Lafayette (9/7)
  • Had an 89-yard TD pass to TJ Speight against the Leopards (9/7)
  • Had his second 390-yard passing game with four touchdowns, including a Monmouth record 94-yard passing TD to Josh Derry, in the win at Maine (9/14)
  • Equaled the program record with 35 completions on 51 attempts and threw for 361 yards and two touchdowns in the win at FIU (9/21)
  • Completed 11-of-14 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown in a driving rain in the win over Fordham (9/28)
  • Also had a season-long run of 13 yards against the Rams (9/28)
  • Threw for 361 yards and four touchdowns on 19-for-35 passing against Delaware (10/5)
  • Completed 22-of-29 passes for 237 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the win over Bryant (10/19)
  • Threw for 305 yards and a touchdown opposite Towson (10/26)
  • Completed 28-of-43 passes for 266 yards and a pair of touchdowns at Rhode Island (11/2)
  • Had a pair of touchdown passes at New Hampshire (11/9)
  • Went 22-of-23 for 358 yards and three touchdowns in the win over No. 8/9 Villanova (11/16)
  • His 95.7% completion percentage was the best in a single game in the FCS this season
  • Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player of the Week and CAA Offensive Player of the Week (11/18)
  • Earned High Honors on the 2024 Spring CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • Set the program single-game passing yards record with a career-high 536 yards in the win at No. 20/18 Stony Brook (11/23)
  • Also threw for three touchdowns against the Seawolves (11/23)
  • CAA Offensive Player of the Week (11/25)
Before Monmouth
  • Transfer from Maine
  • Appeared in 21 games at quarterback for the Black Bears
  • Went 258-for-404 through the air in 2023 for 2,933 yards with 25 touchdowns in 11 games
  • Averaged 266.6 passing yards per game (ranks: third in CAA, 11th in FCS) and ended the season with a 63.9 passing percentage
  • His 2,933 yards were the third most pass yards in a single season in Maine Football history and ranked seventh in the country
  • Ended the season ranked third in the CAA and eighth in all of FCS in touchdown passes (25)
  • His 23.45 completions per game marked him second best in the CAA and ninth in the nation
  • 2023 All-CAA Honorable mention
Personal
  • Son of Dennis and Jean Robertson
  • Younger brother of quarterbacks coach Jimmy Robertson
  • Majoring in Business

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2024Senior

    Quarterback
    6'2" 200 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2025Graduate Student

    Quarterback
    6'2" 200 lbs
    12